... tâm trạng thoải mái, tốt
- Take ST in one’s stride: vượt qua cái gì một cách dễ dàng
SOME USEFUL IDIOMS ANDPHRASES (part1)
1/
- be on probation for: thời gian quản chế
- yield to SO/ST: nhường ... kéo dài thời gian
- Rough and ready: tàm tạm
- In the rough: chưa hoàn thành
- In rough: đại khái
Ex: I’ve drawn it in rough so that he finds it easy to look
-
Join hands to do ST: hợp tác làm ... vòng luẩn quẩn
- In the nick of time: chỉ vừa kịp lúc
- Be overrun with ST: có nhiều cái gì
- Stand by/ go back on one’s pledges: giữ/thất hứa
- Walk with a limp: đi khập khiễng
- Conduct a review...
...
get
something
wrapped up
→
have
something
wrapped up
→
keep
something
under wraps
wrap
someone or something
(up)
[
"rAp
] to enclose someone or
something in a cover.
wrap
something
up ... have)
to want
someone or something; to prefer
someone or something.
would rather
do something
would
more willingly do something;
would more readily do something;
would prefer to do something.
(Often ... vote for the person.
write
someone or something
off
(as
something
) 1.
to give up on
turning someone or something
into something.
2.
to give up on
someone or something as a dead
loss, waste...
... way into everyday use in the English language, and the
more important it is to learn these wordsand their meanings.
Many of the foreign wordsandphrases in this chapter have been adopted
into ... zeitgeist of the fifties.
TIPS AND STRATEGIES
Foreign wordsandphrases that have been adopted into the English lan-
guage are likely to appear on standardized tests and occur regularly in news-
paper ... answered 1–3 questions correctly, it’s time to expand the number
of foreign wordsandphrases in your vocabulary. Study the lesson that fol-
lows carefully, and do the practice quiz on a separate sheet...
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EnglishEnglish
English
toto
to
VietnameseVietnamese
Vietnamese
AA
A
abandonedabandoned
abandoned
spousespouse
spouse
vợ/chồng bị bỏ rơi
abandonmentabandonment
abandonment
sự bỏ rơi; việc đem bỏ
abandonmentabandonment
abandonment
clauseclause
clause
điều ...
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WageWage
Wage
andand
and
TaxTax
Tax
StatementStatement
Statement
Mẫu đơn W-2 để khai Lương và
Thuế
WW
W
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TransmittalTransmittal
Transmittal
ofof
of
WageWage
Wage
andand
and
TaxTax
Tax
StatementsStatements
Statements
Mẫu ... rút, cấp
bách, nhanh chóng
acceleratedaccelerated
accelerated
noticenotice
notice
andand
and
demanddemand
demand
thông báo và yêu cầu cấp bách
accordingaccording
according
toto
to
ourour
our
recordsrecords
records
dựa...
... functioning as pre-
modifier of noun phrasesand complement in
sentences and denotes the property of showing
glee, delight and excitement, often because of
someone else’s foolishness or failure. ... form and
meaning. ‘Somebody’s pride and joy’ as a
literal idiom denotes a person or thing of which
somebody is proud. ‘Full of joys of the spring’
functioning as complement means “lively and ...
adjectival phrases, pre-modifier of noun phrases
and complement in sentences. ‘Joyful’ (adj) and
‘joyous’ (adj) are infrequently used in real life.
‘Joyride’ (n) is an informal and slang word...
... Expressing Partial Agreement
To some extent,
So to speak
In a way
More or less,
Almost,
Exemplifying
Let me give you an ... favour of
I am unconvinced that…
Answering the 3
rd
part
I’m not an expert, but…
I read somewhere that…
It has many implications.
There’s a question mark over
It’s difficult to say ...
Summing up/ to sum up
In short/ to cut a long story short
In conclusion…/ to conclude
In brief
by and large
Last but not least
With this in mind
To put it in a nutshell
...